Alan Wake II

Call it a masterpiece or a work of art. Both apply. I rate the game as five stars out of five.

Remedy deserves all the praise I can muster for being brave enough to make some exciting design choices that limit Alan Wake 2's mass appeal, but increase the enjoyment for those of us who remain. They deserve for me to call this game what I think it is - a masterpiece.

13 years since its predecessor, Alan Wake 2 was absolutely worth the wait. Improving on the original in every way, with Remedy embracing their inspirations, and honing their craft, Alan Wake 2 is a surrealist horror masterpiece.

An expertly crafted narrative and two fascinating main characters make for a lovingly crafted sequel that is well and truly worth the 13-year wait.

Alan Wake 2 is the best Remedy Entertainment game, and is a strong contender for one of the best games of 2023.

Alan Wake 2 is a creative, atmospheric story highlight, but from a technical point of view it gives you little nightmares on PS5 and Xbox Series X/S.

I adored the first Alan Wake, and I’ve either loved or liked every Remedy game since then. This is the first time I’ve felt so displeased by the studio’s work I’ve actually been angry about it. The pompous writing, the shoehorned mechanics that push a tiresome narrative conceit over the quality of the narrative itself, the archaic combat, the amount of time it spends doing almost nothing, Alan Wake 2 is fucking insufferable most of the time...It’s impossible to tell where the stylistically bad writing of the title character ends and the inadvertently bad game of Alan Wake 2 begins. The difference, at this point, matters not.

[SPOILER ALERT: This review contains spoilers.]

The game has bir 10/10 for aspects for like graphic quality and art. The mind room mechanic is ok. The game maintains tension throughout, but relies almost entirely on the fear of something jumping out at any moment — padding this out with lengthy walks and excessive exploration segments. There’s far too much empty traversal. The Alan Wake storyline, in particular, becomes a serious drag in the later stages, especially in terms of gameplay mechanics.“​​​​

had fun in this headache inducing but still woefully beautifully crafted movie-game, it really does certain things u wont expect with the constant switch from real life to horror sequences to more video gamey elements, it really has a very memorable art style that still manages to stay in my mind well after finishing it! the gameplay is not that amazing, but art style and presentation is where this game really stands out.

I have tried twice to get into Alan Wake 2. I have only made it a couple of hours in each time. It is a slow, dull burn. My time is valuable and there are too many other games out there that are more deserving of my time. Graphically the game is amazing and maybe the story gets really interesting down the line, but Im not going to keep playing hours on in, with that hope in my mind. A whole lot of walking around and my God the mind place is such a waste of time, pouring through data that does nothing to push the story forward. Everything in this place could just be experience in real time in the world vs going to this room to pin **** to the wall....time to move on.

Alan wake 2 is confusing, has serious pacing issues and the amount of time you spend doing absolutely nothing is ridiculous. Not even remotely close to what made the OG Alan Wake a classic. I almost can't bear to continue playing this game.